School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara
- Location:
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0083
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Bhi an Gorta in Eirinn idir na blianta 1846 agus 1847 agus fuair a lan daoine bas leis. I ndeireadh an t-Samhraidh 1845 nuair a bhi gais ghlasa ar na pratai ar fuaid na tire, do chonnaich na daoine aicid eigin ag teacht ortha. Ni fheiceadar a leitheid riamh cheana agus niorbh fhios d'einne aon t-slighe chun e do chosc. Dob e aicid e na an "dubh". Do loit se an chuid ba mho de bharra na bliana 1845. D'fagh san ocras ar na daoine ach toisc nar loiteadh an barra go leir ni raibh an sceal go ro-olc. Ta fothracha de na tighthe in a raibh na daoine in a gcomhnuidhe ann timcheall Cinn Mhara le feiscint fos.
Thainigh spotai dubha ar na pratai agus niorbh feidir iad a ithe agus do choimead na daoine na pratai maithe a bhi in a measc agus coimead siad iad le h-aghaidh siol. An bhlian in a dhiaidh sin chuireadar na pratai i dromanna. Ni raibh aon biadh le n-ithe annsin aca acht arain ruadh agus min coirce deanta i leite agis mbainne.
Sa bhlian 1846 do chuir an Rialtas(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Úna Ní Mhoráin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Parthaláin Ó Mhoráin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kinvarra, Co. Galway
